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How Trump/Musk federal workforce cuts could affect Wisconsin
23 小时之前 · “The VA is already kind of strapped for staffing, so it can kind of get hard to get veterans in for appointments,” Knoll said. “Thankfully, we do have community care programs so veterans can use the local facilities that are contracted with the VA, but it still puts a strain on even the general public getting appointments when we’re trying to …
Wisconsin governor proposes more money to clean up PFAS
1 天前 · What are state cleanup requirements? State rules require reporting and environmental restoration by parties that pollute air, soil or water or discover past contamination on their property even if they aren’t directly responsible.. The DNR holds parties liable for PFAS contamination they didn’t cause but also exercises discretion to force past spillers to clean up instead of current ...
Boxed up: Wisconsin immigrants living under threat of deportation
4 天之前 · Some were almost embarrassed to show us what they were packing — items that might have been considered frivolous or extravagant back home. Nicaragua was already one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere before its government took a turn toward authoritarianism and repression, further sinking the economy.
Wisconsin school chief race lacks traditional conservative candidate
2025年2月3日 · Overshadowed by the state Supreme Court race, the Feb. 18 primary for Wisconsin’s top education official could significantly affect the future of K-12 schools but lacks a candidate with a traditionally conservative background — despite Republican sentiment that voters are trending rightward on education issues.
Wisconsin wildlife: Journalists document an elusive beaver
6 天之前 · Wisconsin Watch audio/video producer Trisha Young, left, and Wisconsin Watch investigative reporter Bennet Goldstein interview Cortney Dean, a student in the Professional Science Master's Conservation Biology program at University of Wisconsin-Stout, as she visits the natural beaver dams Dean monitors for her research, Oct. 24, 2024, in Elk Mound, Wis. (Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch)
How a tip helped Wisconsin Watch understand rural homelessness
2025年1月9日 · Less than a week after Hallie was the first to report on Wisconsin’s homeless population rising above 5,000 for the first time since 2017 (despite a decline in Milwaukee), national news outlets first reported on an 18% increase in homelessness nationwide.The affordability crisis is hitting home for many in Wisconsin, and though we’ve made strides to improve housing in Milwaukee, rural ...
Control of Wisconsin Supreme Court at stake in pivotal election
2025年1月6日 · From left, Wisconsin Supreme Court justices Jill Karofsky, Rebecca Dallet and Ann Walsh Bradley — three of the court’s four liberal members — are shown on Sept. 7, 2023, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Walsh Bradley is retiring at the end of this term, setting up an open seat election for April 1.
These Wisconsin Watch stories resonated in 2024
2024年12月4日 · This was part of a six-part series, Change is on the Air, produced by Wisconsin Watch and investigative journalism students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison about the changing state of talk radio in Wisconsin. In fact-checking six radio hosts across the political spectrum, the students found a disturbing reality that spoke to our current political moment: The shows spreading the most ...
We will now only be known as Wisconsin Watch. Here’s why.
2023年5月26日 · In 2009, we established ourselves as the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, a nonprofit, nonpartisan and independent news outlet. Our mission since we started has been to produce reporting that fosters an informed citizenry and strengthens democracy.